Nelson Sprints are rowing back to Heritage City
By The Nelson Daily Sports
The Nelson Sprints Rowing Race is coming back to Nelson Saturday on Kootenay Lake.
This Rowing BC sanctioned regatta is expected to attract competitors from Nicomekl, Vernon, Kamloops and Coeur D’Alene as well as Nelson Rowing Club members in singles, doubles, quads and mixed, juniors and masters events.
The course is a 1000 meter distance located on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake, beginning near the Prestige Inn before finishing on the waters adjacent at Lakeside Rotary Park.
Last yearNelson Sprints regatta hosted 65 rowers from Coeur d’Alene Rowing Club in Idaho, Kelowna Rowing Club, Shuswap Association of Rowing and Paddling, South Cariboo Rowing Club and Vernon Rowing Club.
There were 22 races in the 1000-meter distance course.
Please send the registration to thenelsonrowingclub@gmail.com; or contact the NRC at thenelsonrowingclub@gmail.com for further inquiries.
